信条Tenet Movie Script

PROTAGONIST:

So what do you think we’re seeing?

BARBARA:

The detritus of a coming war.

The Protagonist looks around at the MULTITUDE of DRAWERS.

EXT. CROWDED STREET, MUMBAI – DAY The Protagonist walks out of an electronics store, opening a new phone, and slips into the throng. He dials – Yup?

MALE VOICE:

(over phone)

PROTAGONIST:

We live in a twilight world.

MALE VOICE:

(over phone) No friends at dusk. I was told you’d left the building.

PROTAGONIST:

Even the dead need allies.

MALE VOICE:

(over phone) Specifically?

PROTAGONIST:

An assist in Mumbai. To get to Sanjay Singh.

MALE VOICE:

(over phone) Singh? He never leaves his house, and his house... well, it’s –

PROTAGONIST:

Yes, it is – I’m looking right at it.

Above the bustling street, a HIGH-RISE HOUSE, at least twenty storeys tall, with two large balconies, towers over...

MALE VOICE:

(over phone) I’ll see who’s on deck. Bombay Yacht Club, two hours.

As the Protagonist hangs up, he spots a figure, on the top balcony. A WOMAN IN A SARI, standing high above the city.

INT. BOMBAY YACHT CLUB – EVENING The Protagonist enters the quiet ex-colonial establishment.

Takes a seat. A BUSINESSMAN sits down next to him.

BUSINESSMAN:

It seems you need an introduction to a prominent Mumbai local on short notice. I’m Neil.

Neil offers his hand. The Protagonist takes it –

PROTAGONIST:

I need an audience with Sanjay Singh.

NEIL:

Not possible.

PROTAGONIST:

Ten minutes, tops.

NEIL:

Time isn’t the problem. Getting out alive’s the problem.

(thinks) Would you take a child hostage?

The Protagonist shakes his head.